1915.172 Portable air receivers and other unfired pressure vessels

29 CFR 1915.172 · Read the standard on eCFR · Citations issued May 1, 1987 to June 5, 2018 · Data through October 21, 2026

Title checked against CFR editions from 1997 on.

Citations

citation items issued

Inspections

each counted once

Initial penalties

$26,881

as first assessed

Current penalties

$18,001

67.0% of initial

Penalties and violation types

$638median current penalty per citation

$1,375median initial penalty per citation

58.3%of citations with an initial penalty were later reduced

0.0%of citations were contested

OSHA violation type	Citations	Share	Median current	Contested	Initial total	Current total
Serious (S)	11	61.1%	$1,500	0.0%	$25,181	$18,001
Other (O)	7	38.9%	$0	0.0%	$1,700	$0

CitationsPenaltiesContested

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Serious (S)1161.1% share$18,001current total0.0%contested

Citations: 11
Share: 61.1%
Current total: $18,001
Initial total: $25,181
Median current: $1,500
Contested: 0.0%

Other (O)738.9% share$0current total0.0%contested

Citations: 7
Share: 38.9%
Current total: $0
Initial total: $1,700
Median current: $0
Contested: 0.0%

Citations by year issued

Counts use the recorded citation issue year. "Of all citations" is the share of every citation issued that year.

Issued	Citations	Of all citations	Inspections	Median current	Current total
2018	2	0.00%	2	$1,682	$3,364
2013	1	0.00%	1	$1,500	$1,500
2010	1	0.00%	1	$0	$0
2009	1	0.00%	1	$2,500	$2,500
2008	1	0.00%	1	$312	$312
2002	3	0.00%	1	$1,500	$6,000
2001	1	0.00%	1	$750	$750
1997	3	0.00%	3	$525	$1,325
1991	1	0.00%	1	$2,250	$2,250
1987	4	0.00%	2	$0	$0

CitationsInspectionsPenalties

Newest first, as in the full table. Bars compare the rows shown. Tap a year for all figures.

201820.00% of all citations2inspections$3,364current total

Citations: 2
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 2
Current total: $3,364
Median current: $1,682

All records issued in 2018

201310.00% of all citations1inspections$1,500current total

Citations: 1
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 1
Current total: $1,500
Median current: $1,500

All records issued in 2013

201010.00% of all citations1inspections$0current total

Citations: 1
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 1
Current total: $0
Median current: $0

All records issued in 2010

200910.00% of all citations1inspections$2,500current total

Citations: 1
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 1
Current total: $2,500
Median current: $2,500

All records issued in 2009

200810.00% of all citations1inspections$312current total

Citations: 1
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 1
Current total: $312
Median current: $312

All records issued in 2008

200230.00% of all citations1inspections$6,000current total

Citations: 3
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 1
Current total: $6,000
Median current: $1,500

All records issued in 2002

200110.00% of all citations1inspections$750current total

Citations: 1
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 1
Current total: $750
Median current: $750

All records issued in 2001

199730.00% of all citations3inspections$1,325current total

Citations: 3
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 3
Current total: $1,325
Median current: $525

All records issued in 1997

199110.00% of all citations1inspections$2,250current total

Citations: 1
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 1
Current total: $2,250
Median current: $2,250

All records issued in 1991

198740.00% of all citations2inspections$0current total

Citations: 4
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 2
Current total: $0
Median current: $0

All records issued in 1987

How the inspections started

DOL inspection type of each inspection citing 1915.172, each inspection counted once.

Planned (H)750.0%

Accident (A)214.3%

Complaint (B)214.3%

Referral (C)214.3%

Programmed Related (I)17.1%

Cited alongside 1915.172

Standards cited in the same inspections, as a share of the 14 inspections citing 1915.172.

1910.134428.6%

1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding)428.6%

1910.215 Abrasive Wheel Machinery428.6%

1910.253 Oxygen-Fuel Gas Welding and Cutting428.6%

1910.303428.6%

1910.305428.6%

1910.1200428.6%

1910.23 Ladders321.4%

1910.213 Woodworking Machinery Requirements321.4%

1910.304321.4%

Employers inspected

Employees at the establishment

1-1017.1%

11-49428.6%

50-249750.0%

250-99917.1%

1000+17.1%

Inspections, each counted once. Shares are of inspections with a usable employee count.

Owner

Private (A)14100.0%

DOL owner type of each inspection, each counted once.

By industry

33.3% of these citations (6 of 18) come from inspections with an industry code. Coverage varies by decade of issue (see the table), so this view mostly reflects the decades with coded records. NAICS as recorded by DOL on the inspection record.

Industry (NAICS as recorded by DOL, 3 digits)	Citations	Of coded citations
336 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	6	100.0%

336Transportation Equipment Manufacturing6100.0% of coded citations

Issued in	Citations	With NAICS	Coverage
1980s	4	0	0.0%
1990s	4	0	0.0%
2000s	6	2	33.3%
2010s	4	4	100.0%

Bar: NAICS coverage, on a 0 to 100% scale.

1980s40 with NAICS (0.0%)

1990s40 with NAICS (0.0%)

2000s62 with NAICS (33.3%)

2010s44 with NAICS (100.0%)

Most cited paragraphs

OSHA citation code, as recorded	Citations	Current penalties
19150172 D	10	$9,414
19150172 A	4	$2,337
19150172 B	2	$750
19150172 C	2	$5,500

19150172 D10$9,414 current penalties

19150172 A4$2,337 current penalties

19150172 B2$750 current penalties

19150172 C2$5,500 current penalties

Codes are shown exactly as OSHA records them. Counts reflect citation records, not the frequency of incidents or hazards.

About this data

Citations are citation items in DOL's OSHA enforcement data, federal and State Plan, deleted items excluded. Inspections are counted once each.
Initial penalties are the amounts first assessed (DOL "Initial Penalty"); current penalties include later changes such as settlements (DOL "Current Penalty"). Amounts are as recorded, not adjusted for inflation.
Median penalty per citation: the middle value of the amounts recorded on these citations, counting $0 amounts and leaving out citations with no amount recorded, shown in whole dollars. A median is computed for one group only and is never combined with another.
Later reduced: the share of citations with an initial penalty above $0 whose current penalty is lower than the initial penalty.
Contested: the share of citations with a DOL "Contested Date" recorded.
Violation, inspection and owner types use DOL's own labels. A value outside DOL's list is shown as recorded, marked "not in DOL's list". Paragraph codes are shown exactly as OSHA records them.
Industry is the NAICS code on the inspection record, as recorded by DOL. Employee counts are DOL "Number of Employees" on the inspection; counts of 99,999 or more are not published as a headcount, a rule of this site.
Having OSHA inspection records is common for businesses in regulated industries.

Regulatory Reference

29 CFR 1915.172: Portable air receivers and other unfired pressure vessels

Read the full regulatory text on eCFR.gov

Official Resources

Full Standard Text

29 CFR 1915.172 on OSHA.gov

osha.gov

Electronic Code of Federal Regulations

Part 1915 full regulatory text

ecfr.gov

Data Source and Methodology

DOL source data

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